A statistical model to detect DRG upcoding

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 233-252

  Rosenberg, Marjorie A ^a   Fryback, Dennis G ^a   Katz, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Claims management; Cost control; Hierarchical Bayesian modeling; Logistic regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444446070     PISSN: 13873741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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